Scientists Break Down Baseball, Find Jeter Does Suck

[tooblue]

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2...efore-fan.html

"And by analyzing four years of high-resolution data from Baseball Info Solutions (BIS)—containing information on some 120,000 balls in play per year—Jensen was able to rank the best and worst fielders at each position based on the number of runs saved or cost. The results showed what Derek Jeter-haters have long suspected: that with and average of 13.81 runs lost per season, he's a lousy short stop. Meanwhile, his teammate A-Rod is one of the best in the league with and average of 10.4 runs saved."

Actually I think statistics suck!

[myboynoah]

They're Yankees. They both suck.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by myboynoah

They're Yankees. They both suck.

I tend to agree with this.

Jeter benefited greatly from being in the right place at the right time in his first few years on the league. Being on a team that won 4 WS in his first 5 years helped inflate the belief that he was a great fielder. He's not. He's a good hitter which is why he stays in the Bigs.

[Surfah]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

I tend to agree with this.

Jeter benefited greatly from being in the right place at the right time in his first few years on the league. Being on a team that won 4 WS in his first 5 years helped inflate the belief that he was a great fielder. He's not. He's a good hitter which is why he stays in the Bigs.

Agreed. Also adding to the belief is the fact that he's made some pretty special plays which seem to overshadow his inadequacies like the backhanded flip when that stupid m'fer Jeremy Giambi didn't slide.

My favorite Yankees shirt was one I saw at LAX while waiting for a flight that showed the entire Yankees lineup with the word sucks behind their name. Jeter's name was last and said swallows.